Category Archives: Projects

Willamette Valley Oaks: Yesterday and Today

The majestic oak is an iconic symbol of the Willamette Valley with a long-standing cultural significance and valuable ecological function. Early naturalists and settlers to the valley described wide expanses of prairie interspersed with oak … Continue reading Willamette Valley Oaks: Yesterday and Today

The Rivers to Ridges Controlled Ecological Burn Program

Our Willamette Valley prairies and savannas evolved over thousands of years with regular fires set by the native peoples of this area. Now, regular “disturbance” is needed for the unique assemblage of prairie species to … Continue reading The Rivers to Ridges Controlled Ecological Burn Program

Restoring the Confluence

Rivers to Ridges partners manage over 4,700 acres of river floodplain, prairie and oak savanna habitat at the confluence of the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River. Partners work together to protect … Continue reading Restoring the Confluence

Coyote Creek: A Biologically Rich Landscape

Rivers to Ridges partners manage more than 1,600 acres of emergent marsh, and forested and riverine wetlands, along with associated upland habitats along Coyote and Spencer creeks upstream of Fern Ridge Reservoir west and southwest … Continue reading Coyote Creek: A Biologically Rich Landscape

Providing Native Plant Seeds

The R2R Native Plant Materials Program is a decades-long partnership in the southern Willamette Valley of Oregon that provides local native seeds and plants for wetland and upland prairie restoration on public and conservation lands … Continue reading Providing Native Plant Seeds